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How valuable are those trophies compared to bribes, or the tacit bribes of cushy "consultancy" roles? How do you stop lobbyists from gutting those regulators -
by jdietrich 9mo ago
How valuable are those trophies compared to bribes, or the tacit bribes of cushy "consultancy" roles? How do you stop lobbyists from gutting those regulators - what use is a fiercely independent regulator that has no resources?
Good governance is hard.
- RajT88 9mo agoGetting money out of politics is the hardest part. I am not sure how the US will find the political will short of getting burned badly enough for partisans to align on reform. How bad does it have to get?
- ethbr1 9mo agoThe apt question is 'How bad for whom does it have to get?' Because the 00s+ US government is in no way propped up by all stakeholding groups in equal amounts.